Hame-hook.



l. D. CONN.

HAME HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 27. 1916.

1,217,916. Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

ISA-AC D. CONN, OF \VELLINGTON, TEXAS.

HAME-I-IOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial 110.122, 107.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo D. .CONN, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vellington, in the county of Collingsworth, State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Hams-Hook; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to harness, and particularly to an improved hameand trace connector.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this kind,in other words, a hame hook, having means, whereby a trace may beadjusted in raised or lowered positions without removing the hame ordetaching the trace.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features, and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a hame, showingthe improved trace connector applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the connector.

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation and partly in section showinganother form of connector. 1

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of theconnector, showing the locking means for the bolt Fig 5 is a sectionalview on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a hame,laterally of which a pair of lugs 2 and 3 project. The shanks of thelugs are riveted in the hame at 4. These lugs are provided with openings5 and 6, through which the boltor rod 7 extends. The openings 5 and 6 ofthe lugs are provided with recesses 8. The bolt or rod 7 throughout itslength is formed with alined ribs 9, which are spaced apart. The tracehook 10 consists of a U-shaped member, to which the trace 11 isconnected. The free ends of the arms of the U-shaped hook are providedwith openings 12, through which the elongated bolt or rod 7 extends.These openings 12 have recesses 13, which are similar to the recesses S.The elongated alined ribs in cross section are of a contour conformingto the shape of the recesses S, and 13, so that when the elongated boltor rod is adjusted so that the ribs register with saidIrecesses 8 and13, the bolt or rod may be moved through the openings 5 and 6, and 12.However, when the trace hook is disposed in the proper position, andtension is on the trace, the recesses 13 of the openings 12 are at rightangles to the recesses 8, and the ribs are diametrically opposite to therecesses 13 in plan view, therefore, when it is desired to raise orlower the trace hook, it is necessary to impart a half revolution to therod or bolt, in

which case the trace hook may be raised or lowered, the ribs passingthrough said recesses 13. r

In Figs. 3, 4 and5, the upper lug 3 is provided with a depression 15,adjacent the opening 6, into which depression one of the ribs extend,thereby preventing the rod or bolt from being rotated, until the rod orbolt -is slightly raised. set bolt 16 is threaded through a projection17 of the lug 3, to engage the end of'one of the ribs to prevent the rodor bolt from beingraised. The arms of the trace hooks, when adjusted,engage the spaces between the ribs.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful,is

1. In a hame and trace connector, the combination of a hame having apair of lugs extending therefrom provided with apertures and spaced oneabove the other, and a U-shaped hame hook, the arms of which haveapertures provided with recesses, of an elongated bolt or rod passingthrough the apertures of the lugs and the apertures of the arms of thetrace hook, said bolt or rod having alined elongated spaced ribs to passthrough the recesses of said arms when the trace hook is being adjusted,vertically, said ribsbeing out of alinement with the recesses of thearms when adjusting the bolt or rod, whereby the arms of the hook mayengage the spaces between the adjacent ribs, said apertures of the lugshaving recesses to admit of the passage of said ribs when inserting thebolt or rod, and means for looking the rod or bolt against being raisedand partially rotated.

, 2. In a hame and trace connector, the combination of a hame having apair of lugs eX- tending-therefrom provided with apertures and spacedone above the other and a U- shaped hame hook, the arms of Which haveapertures provided with recesses, of an elongated bolt or rod passingthrough the apertures of the lugs and the apertures of the arms of thetrack hook, said bolt or rod having alined elongated spaced ribs to passthrough the recesses of said arms when the trace hook is being adjustedvertically, said ribs being out of alinement with the recesses of thearms when adjusting the bolt or rod, whereby the arms of the hook mayengage the spaces between the adjacent ribs, said apertures of the lugshaving recesses t0 perm-it the passage of said ribs when inserting thebolt or rod, and means for locking Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor the rod or bolt against being raised and partially rotated, saidmeans comprising a pro jection on one of the lugs, said lug with theprojection having a depression adjacent its aperture into which one ofthe ribs of the bolt extends to prevent 1."otatingv the rod or bolt, anda screw threaded in the projection to lie in the path of one of the ribsto prevent the rod or bolt from being raised.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC D. CONN.

Vitnesses C. J. GLENN, H. S. BLAcK.

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